chadash

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    orthostatic hypotension

    chadash replied to chadash's topic in General Nursing

    Cool...
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    orthostatic hypotension

    chadash posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering: Had a patient who just had spinal surgery, and her BP drops dramatically when we stand her. Nurses say meds are not the issue, they just have ruled out everything. Made a silly...
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    orthostatic hypotension

    chadash replied to chadash's topic in General Nursing

    I found this on the american heart association site. If you read towards the bottom, there is something about the G suit idea :) http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4463 but I am...
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    orthostatic hypotension

    chadash replied to chadash's topic in General Nursing

    This is officially way over my head.. if you increase pressure in the dural space in the part of the spinal cord that effects the sympathetic nervous system, would you get increased blood pressure?...
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    orthostatic hypotension

    chadash replied to chadash's topic in General Nursing

    Hey! you read my mind...I was actually thinking, wouldn't it be nice if we could put compression trousers of some sort on them, that squeezed them intermittently... Is that anything like a G suit?...
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    orthostatic hypotension

    chadash replied to chadash's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all so much, this is so
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    orthostatic hypotension

    chadash replied to chadash's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, it is pretty significant. Her BP will be pretty normal or even a bit high...we have her sit awhile, but when she stands it migh be as low as 60/40. She is only a few days postop, but whatever...
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    Brain Fart: Whats the name of this CVA symptom?

    chadash replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Here you go! heres an article from Randolph S. Marshall, MD, MS Basic and Clinical Neurosciences (29th annual Postgraduate review) on Higher Cortical Functions. Is this credible? Dyspraxia is an...
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    Brain Fart: Whats the name of this CVA symptom?

    chadash replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Really interested in rehab... The book I referenced was lay-friendly, but I think credible. More rehab oriented. http://www.amazon.com/Stroke-Rehabilitation-Collaborative-Robert-Fawcus/dp/0632049987...
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    Brain Fart: Whats the name of this CVA symptom?

    chadash replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Ooh-ooh-ooooh!" excuse my Horshack moment... I resorted to my own research, sorry , I was forced by fate. This is from Stroke Rehabilitation: a collaborative approach by Robert Fawcus Bare with me,...
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    Brain Fart: Whats the name of this CVA symptom?

    chadash replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    well. it may be one of these, you would know better. but check out ideomotor dyspraxia in relation to stroke, (rather than developmental).
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    Brain Fart: Whats the name of this CVA symptom?

    chadash replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Yes Sir! I long to hear you expound further on this subject! Research is your
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    Brain Fart: Whats the name of this CVA symptom?

    chadash replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Whoo HOO! Might look beyond stedmans,
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    Brain Fart: Whats the name of this CVA symptom?

    chadash replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    I think that definition implies less than dyspraxis covers. Dyspraxis from stroke can effect the execution of simple motor task without hemiplegia for instance. So, impaired motor function/disconnect...
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    Brain Fart: Whats the name of this CVA symptom?

    chadash replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    dyspraxia?
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    Cathing a Patient: Bladder Spasms?

    chadash replied to Pediatric4077's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds good, but with neurogenic bladders, would you be concerned with leaving a residual and increasing the incidence of
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    treatment of "vip's"

    chadash replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    I am all for VIP treatment: for all our patients! I agree, it is really awful that status should come into
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    treatment of "vip's"

    chadash replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    One of my family members has received the VIP treatment recently. I ain't got one dime to rub against the other, though, so it can't be
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    Above and Beyond Scope

    chadash replied to gingersdad's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I will go a step further and say she is dangerous. Someday she will think she knows what to do about another situation, and she will do harm. Every CNA's mantra should be
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    Above and Beyond Scope

    chadash replied to gingersdad's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i am completely confused! you dealt with the low blood sugar, left the room, and then the cna came in and gave somethiing in addition to elevate the blood sugar? i am a cna, and if i get a low blood...
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    Ahh-HA! They're on to us!

    chadash replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    You rarely disappoint when you lower expectations, so, I propose: We strive for slightly better than adequate care... or "we don't care and it
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    Spinach/Vitamin K.

    chadash replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Is it oxalate stones that you are thinking of with spinach? I can't remember. I don't think that's an issue unless that's an
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    Anatomy & Physiology

    chadash replied to Nurse2BB's topic in General Nursing

    There is a neat and nifty reaction that generates cholecalciferol on the skin when UV light is absorbed. Cholecalciferol ( vitamin D) is required in the gut to absorb calcium. My understanding is...
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    Co-workers who think out loud at the nursing station

    chadash replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I personally possess a rich internal monoloque..... Give me chatty Cathy anyday over Miss Grumpy Pants...and that is not a reference to any of the
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    I woke up during surgery, Have you?

    chadash replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! Whatever happened, it was not a bit traumatic, just unpleasant. The nurse did say that my BP was up, not down, which struck me as odd too. But then, I was all narced up, so I might have...